Eating Recovery Center - Fort Worth
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Highly effective eating disorder treatment in Fort Worth, TX
Adults in Fort Worth, TX, can now access nationally recognized eating disorder treatment at the brand-new Eating Recovery Center location on South Hulen Street. Located in a historic bank building in the heart of downtown, ERC Fort Worth provides you with nutritious meals, meal planning, meal support and integrated therapies to help you heal.
Our intensive outpatient program (IOP) offers care three days a week, from 9:00 am to 12 noon on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
- Trusted by over 20,000 patients and their families
- 87% of former patients agreed that their experience at ERC was helpful.
- 91% of parents of former patients would recommend ERC to others in need of services
- Specialized treatment designed by a team of experienced clinicians
Find Recovery with Evidence-Based Therapies
Lighting your way to recover from eating disorders
Here, you always belong
Find acceptance in supportive, welcoming and affirming spaces that respect diversity, cultural differences and all belief systems.
Access treatment that fits your schedule
Entering eating disorder treatment is a big step. Our IOP program lets you live at home, work, care for children and be fully involved in your life, all while receiving the support you need.
Develop a toolbox of new coping skills
Learn how to interrupt eating disorder thoughts, behaviors and coping mechanisms to create a life based on your values.
Hear from our executive director
It takes tremendous courage to enter treatment. We honor that courage by providing hope to our patients and families, giving them the tools they need to change their lives for the better.
Levels of Care Offered
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Inpatient
Our Inpatient programming is designed to support adults, children and adolescents of all genders who are acutely ill and are experiencing medical and mood instability as a result of their eating disorder.
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Residential
Within ERC Pathlight's step-down model of care, the Residential eating disorder treatment program as well as the Residential mood & anxiety treatment program offer medically stable patients a highly-structured and supportive 24-hour treatment environment.
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Partial Hospitalization
Our Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) offers some of the same intensity and structure of Residential mood, anxiety, and eating disorder treatment while providing additional opportunities to practice recovery outside of the controlled eating disorder treatment environment during evenings at home or in peer-supported apartment communities.
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On-Site Intensive Outpatient Treatment
Our Intensive Outpatient program is a flexible mood, anxiety, and eating disorder treatment program that allows patients to work, go to school, or care for children during the day and sleep at home at night.
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Virtual Intensive Outpatient - Eating Recovery At Home
ERC is removing the barriers that can keep patients with anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders from receiving treatment. Through telebehavioral health programming, Eating Recovery At Home (our virtual Intensive Outpatient Program) offers the same proven care as our in-person treatment centers.
Get state-of-the-art medical care
The medical and clinical leadership team at ERC Fort Worth includes the world’s leading eating disorder treatment experts, many of who have actively led research supporting effective, evidence-based eating disorder treatment. Eating Recovery Center Fort Worth is accredited by the Joint Commission, the Gold Standard in healthcare accreditation.
A path to healing as unique as you are
The IOP program at ERC Fort Worth is a flexible treatment program that enables adults to go to work or care for children during the day and sleep at home during evenings. Treatment is three hours per day, three days per week and includes nutritional counseling, individual and family therapy, supported meals and more.
- Group programming occurs Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays 9:00 am to 12 noon
- Individual therapy once per week
- Individual nutrition support once per week
- Optional family therapy sessions available
Our Nutrition Approach
At ERC Fort Worth, we help you find peace with food through supportive, structured meal planning that emphasizes balance, variety, and flexibility. We work with you to align your actions with your values, reprioritize food as one of the many important parts of your life, and become less preoccupied with food and/or weight. Our nutrition approach includes:
- Meal plans, menus and treatment progress monitored by registered dietitians
- Nutrition counseling and education groups for patients, families and caregivers
- Individual meetings with registered dietitians
- All foods fit
- Health is a multidimensional concept
- Food is medicine
- You can have a peaceful relationship with food
Get matched with the exact support you need.
With one conversation, our mental health professionals will help you better understand what you’re going through and what you need.
We will meet you where you are, listen to your story in a therapeutic setting, and match you with the level of support that meets your struggle.
Covered by Most Commercial Insurance Plans
Our patient access team is here to advocate for you. We can help you address financial challenges and work with you to get you the maximum coverage offered by your plan.
Who We Treat
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Children & Adolescents
We can help guide you and your child on a path to long-lasting change and healing.
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Adults
We provide eating disorder treatment and mood and anxiety disorder treatment for all genders ages 18 and older.
Helping families each step of the way
Our team believes that we’re fellow travelers with our patients for a short period of time during difficult seasons in their lives. We use our time together to support patients and their family members — other travelers on the journey. Each week, we will equip your family with the resources they need to better understand eating disorders and how to support their loved one. Thank you for trusting us as we navigate this journey together.
- Ongoing free virtual caregiver support groups
- Virtual Family & Friends Education Series
- Hope Orientation
- Eating Disorders 101
- Weekly family therapy sessions
- Weekly nutrition education sessions with registered dietitians to discuss meal planning and your loved one’s progress
Access ongoing support long after treatment ends
Your care doesn’t end when you leave the IOP program at ERC Fort Worth. When you discharge from care, one of our alumni outreach team members will contact you regularly by phone and email. We will continue to send you resources, including inspirational stories, tips and videos, to help you stay focused on recovery for the long term. We can also help you coordinate care to set up ongoing nutrition and therapy support, whether on- or off-campus.
Our community outreach liaisons will keep you connected and supported, providing you and your family with tools you need before, during and after treatment. Eating disorder recovery resources for alumni include:
FAQ
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Where is ERC Fort Worth located?
Eating Recovery Center Fort Worth is located in the heart of downtown Fort Worth, TX. Our address is 4200 S. Hulen Street, Suite 436. Our center is located inside a historic bank building. We are less than 10 minutes away from Texas Christian University and within a half-hour drive of AT&T Stadium in Arlington, where the Dallas Cowboys play their home games.
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Why should adults choose an eating disorders IOP?
We believe that every person has the ability to build resiliency and find eating disorder recovery. An IOP program is ideal for adults who want to integrate eating disorder treatment into work or home. This level of care may be an appealing option for working professionals, young parents or other adults who lead busy lives and do not need a higher level of care at this time.
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What is the eating disorder IOP in Fort Worth, TX like?
This program is led by experts from Eating Recovery Center – including a therapist and registered dietitian – who provide individualized care to adults, in addition to group therapy among peers with similar challenges and goals. Built upon ERC’s traditional ‘pod’ model, the therapist and dietitian work together to lead peer processing groups and individually treat adults. Our overall aim is to enable adults to continue working, raising children and living at home without interruption. With the exact same program and quality of care that you would receive in any of our treatment centers, adults can now get the care they need from the nation’s leading eating disorder treatment program, right here in Fort Worth.
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How long does the program last?
Most participants find that eight weeks is the appropriate amount of time for treatment. However, some individuals may need more or less time. You may also re-enroll in the program if you find that you need more support after you discharge.
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How do I get started?
There are multiple ways to learn more about the IOP in Fort Worth, TX. If you are interested in the program, we invite you to schedule an assessment with one of our mental health professionals. We will ask questions, listen to your answers and get to know you as a whole person – outside of your struggle. There is zero cost, zero commitment, zero pressure and zero judgment.
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What support is offered for caregivers, family members and friends?
What support is offered for caregivers, family members and friends?
We offer numerous ways for caregivers, family members and friends to be involved in their loved one’s treatment. We invite loved ones to participate in the following offerings:
- Free virtual caregiver support groups
- Virtual Family & Friends Education Series
- Hope Orientation
Meet the team
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Stephanie Setliff, MD, CEDS
(She/Her/Hers)Regional Medical Director -
Landry Weatherston-Yarborough, LPC, CEDS-S, NCC
(she/her/hers)Executive Director -
Maja Popovic , LPCS
Executive Director
Take recovery home with virtual eating disorder treatment in Texas
We also offer virtual eating disorder treatment for individuals in Texas through our Eating Recovery At Home program. Individuals in all cities and towns across Texas, including the cities listed below, are eligible to participate in Eating Recovery At Home.
- Fort Worth
- Dallas
- Arlington
- Waco
- Plano
- Denton
- Garland
- Irving
- Allen
- Lake Worth
- Mesquite
- McKinney
- Mansfield
- Burleson
- Benbrook
View our Texas locations
Eating Recovery Center The Woodlands
17350 St Lukes Way suite 220
The Woodlands, TX 77384
United States
Eating Recovery Center San Antonio
250 E Basse Rd #206
San Antonio, TX 78209
United States
Eating Recovery Center Dallas/Plano - Baylor Campus
4708 Alliance Blvd #300
Plano, TX 75093
United States
Eating Recovery Center - Texas Christian University
2820 S University Dr
Fort Worth, TX 76129
United States
Conditions We Treat
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Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is a treatable mental illness that includes a number of different symptoms, including extreme emotions, attitudes, and behaviors surrounding weight and food issues.
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Anorexia
Anorexia nervosa is characterized by an obsessive fear of weight gain and a refusal to maintain a healthy body weight.
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Atypical Anorexia
You can’t tell if someone has an eating disorder just by looking at them. See how atypical anorexia affects people in a variety of body shapes and sizes.
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ARFID
ARFID is a lesser known eating disorder that frequently begins as early as infancy or childhood, but adults can also suffer.
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Binge Eating Disorder
Binge eating disorder is characterized by frequent overeating – at least once a week for three months – combined with a lack of control, intense feelings of distress and several other characteristic behaviors.
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Bulimia
Bulimia is characterized by patterns of bingeing and purging.
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Compulsive Overeating
Compulsive overeating can involve binge eating and weight gain, but it can also involve other behaviors.
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Diabulimia
The term diabulimia is used to describe the diagnosis of an eating disorder in an individual with type 1 diabetes. These patients intentionally misuse insulin for weight control.
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OSFED
Some eating disorders do not meet all of the diagnostic criteria for specific diagnoses like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
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Orthorexia
Some people go to extremes to “eat clean” at all times. This may lead to a disordered eating pattern known as orthorexia.
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